Osun Workers to Go on Three Day Strike Over Unpaid Money

(Osun Workers. Photo Credit: The Guardian Nigeria News)
The Nigeria Labour Congress has ordered workers in Osun State to begin a three day sympathy strike at midnight on Sunday, 8 November.

Workers are striking to force the government to pay money that is legally owed to local councils.

It is to help back up the local government workers union in Osun State.

The order came in a statement signed by the Osun NLC Chairman, Christopher Arapasopo, and Secretary, Victor Amusan.

They said the union had given the federal and state governments a seven day ultimatum over the withheld allocations, but nothing has changed.

The strike will end at midnight on Wednesday, 11 November.

The congress told all its affiliate unions to notify their members in writing and make sure everyone complies.

It warned that any union that works against the order will face disciplinary action.

The strike comes after a long fight between the Osun State Government and the All Progressives Congress over control of local councils, which has been going on since February 2025.

Violence during that struggle left six people dead, including the then APC elected chairman of Irewole Local Government, Remi Abbas.